South Korea forms unit to kill Kim Jong Un in event of war
9 January 2017
As featured in Financial Times
North & South Korea
The purpose of North Korea’s ICBM programme was “to be able to hold targets on the US mainland at risk”. “Most believe Pyongyang would not use that capability unless the leadership thought its survival was imminently threatened. But the ICBM development is still immensely worrying,” “The consequences of miscalculation with North Korea are significant, and US allies in East Asia could think extended deterrence guarantees are weaker once the US homeland is at stake.”